RE: The discovery of alien life may be close. How will religion survive it?
April 26, 2017 at 1:42 pm
(This post was last modified: April 26, 2017 at 1:43 pm by Kernel Sohcahtoa.)
(April 26, 2017 at 1:17 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(April 26, 2017 at 7:51 am)TubbyTubby Wrote: Interesting discussion in the Guardian. I suspect discovery of alien life won't have so much effect on the devoutly religious, they will sweep it into the 'science+facts to be erased' brain compartment. It will be helpful to stem religious take up of the educated young hopefully and perhaps be a light bulb moment to those not completely beyond help.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre..._clipboard
There is nothing about alien life that is contradictory to religion. I've always been of the opinion that there probably is life on other planets.
Thank you for your response, Catholic Lady. What happens if these aliens have a different religion that causes many of Earth's people (theists and non theists) to convert to it; or, if they possess a more advanced knowledge (superior technology) and understanding of reality that could fill in the gaps of our understanding of reality and conclusively demonstrate the falsity of god concepts?